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Polygon (CRYPTO: MATIC) soared 59.22% to $0.4637 in the early hours of Friday at press time. What Happened: The coin, previously known as Matic Network, has risen 135.95% in a seven-day trailing period. On Thursday, the rebranded coin launched on Coinbase, which sent it soaring.  MATIC, SKL...

As quarantine continues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people are diving into video games in order to stay busy. With movies, television, and sports leagues falling behind with postponed events and premieres, gaming has remained resilient. Sports leagues such as the NBA, NHL, NASCAR, and Formula One...

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) have teamed up to develop a new streaming game service that promises to cut cords, discs and consoles. The new service (which was built for the cable provider's X1 Platform) is going into beta today. According to...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had a difficult time hiding the fact it was greatly inspired to make changes after Sony (NYSE: SNE) gained the upper hand with PlayStation 4. Microsoft was not the only company that took cues from its chief competitor, however. It turns out that Sony has been inspired...

When Sony (NYSE: SNE) unveiled the fourth PlayStation in February, the company hoped to win consumer support before its biggest competitors took action. At the time, sales of Wii U (Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) (OTC Pink: NTDOY) latest console) had begun to decline. In fact, Wii U sales were actually...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced that its next game console, PlayStation 4, will come in one configuration and sell for $399 this holiday season -- $100 less than Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. Sony executives also made it crystal clear that it trusts its consumers and will not attempt to lock them...

As Benzinga reported last week, the release of Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) latest SimCity installment was greeted with much disdain as many gamers were having problems getting started on city construction. Server failures at EA plagued the game during its first week of release, prompting...